Us for right now. Cannot go anywhere. It is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. You have been in that courtroom. Imagine the session is over, you had for that elevator on the 15th floor and you find yourself on the elevator with andrew weissman, the suburban and Adam Klasfeld and me, all of whom were in the courtroom today. That is what you are going to get. You will get that ride down the elevator but it will last an hour. I was going to say im polling the stop the Elevator Button so that we can get the most out of all of you. This is the Courthouse Table right here. Right on, thanks, lawrence. Thanks, rachel. The first thing judge juan merchan did in the courtroom before bringing the jury into the room or bringing the witness into the room was to rule in favor of donald trump on an evidentiary point. Donald trump pretends that never happens. He stands in the very hallway of that courthouse right outside the courtroom speaking to microphones every da
With donald trump. That means Stormy Daniels testimony, the testimony that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from a woman accusing donald trump of trying to keep her quiet about affair before the 2016 election. Now, there are lots of reasons why Karen Mcdougal might not want to testify and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that means for this case in just a second. But, Karen Mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from Stormy Daniels all the more important and it makes the crossexamination of Stormy Daniels today, it makes that all the more important. The defense crossexamination today is probably most accurately described by a phrase i am loath to say, that it really does describe what happened today when Stormy Daniels was questioned by trumps lawyer, Susan Necheles. The focus was pointing Stor
That is going to do it for me tonight. Now, it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. If i seem a little off my game tonight, it is because i made a mistake last night. I started to read jen psakis book before going to sleep, which means i almost didnt ever get to sleep. It is the cant put it down for me for a bunch of reasons. For example, can you imagine a white house Chief Of Staff changing a diaper in the white house on a baby that is not his baby . Lets start there. That took a real twist at the end. I thought i knew where you were going but then its like somebody elses baby. Now you got me. Guess whose baby it was . And then, okay, jen psaki has worked for the last three democratic nominees for president. You want to guess which one she was terrified of . You are doing a very good job at john kerry, barack obama, joe biden, but one was she terrified of . Enter will be coming later when jen psaki joins us. Which one gave her a bear hug after the
Free you . What do you make of the fact that after attempting to at least verbally say he was going to compete to get you out of russia, donald trump then turns on you . That is tonights the reidout. Inside was jen psaki starts now. Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with yet another hearing on his repeated and flagrant attempts and violations of his gag order, which was put in place because he cant seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, or potential witnesses. Today, judge juan merchan ruled trump violated that order for the 10th time. This time for cummins he made during an interview late last month when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge again found trump in Contempt Of Court and he find the express and 1000. 00, bringing the total up to 10 grand. Judge juan merchan said he was prepared to go further. You want if donald trump does not stop violating his order, he will be left with no choice but to con
Versus donald j trump. I should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. Im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors layout a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight, the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense and the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david. Rachel maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a road map as to how the case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old, tired, and mad. Tonight, which maddow, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, msnbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of former u. S. President , the first ever criminal trial of a major parties summative nominee as their candidate for president. I know R